Desktop application support | Mac OS X 10.6

See the Tech specs for information on the minimum system requirements for the CC desktop apps.

Adobe has performed limited testing on some CC desktop apps on Mac OS X 10.6.8. The following apps could be compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.8, but are expected to have issues with features and functionality:

Audition

Bridge

Dreamweaver

Edge Animate

Flash Professional

Photoshop

Review the Known Issues list for more information about compatibility of the products above with Mac OS X 10.6.

Audition

The Dynamic Link feature does not work on 10.6.8. If the Enable DLMS preference is enabled, Audition tries to start DLMS on launch, or when attempting to open a file that requires DLMS. A timeout occurs and a notification displays indicating that the DLMS process cannot be used.

Bridge

The playback of video/audio formats that DLMS supports are disabled on Mac OS X 10.6.

Dreamweaver

Property names listed in double lines inside the CSS Designer panel do not show up fully if the width of the pane is reduced in size.

Edge Animate

No known issues.

Flash Professional

Image export crashes.

There are some issues with the color picker and color/swatches panels. The correct color is not chosen on stage in certain cases.

AME is not supported, so the Export Video workflow does not work.

AIR Publishing has issues on 10.6. Simulator and debugging workflows do not work.

There are intermittent issues around Code Hinting & Publishing.

There could be some issues with "Open in Bridge" and "Launch and Edit" in other app workflows (Photoshop, Dreamweaver).

InCopy

A crash occurs when you click a colored menu item if that menu item opens an operating system dialog box.

InDesign

Adobe Media Encoder is not supported on 10.6. A warning displays that it is not supported, and Adobe Media Encoder does not launch.

A crash occurs when you click a colored menu item if that menu item opens an operating system dialog box.

Photoshop

Video features are disabled in Mac OS X 10.6.

Error displays when you choose Share on Behance in Photoshop 14.2, when running on Mac OS X 10.6.x.

Photoshop crashes when you create a Photomerge and have Geometric Distortion Correction selected in Mac OS X 10.6.

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